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By Scott M (2,584) on 03 Feb 2010

Incredibly interesting and controversial topic without being exploitative or subjective…

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By [Anonymous] (537) on 02 Feb 2010

What makes an important film-maker? someone who asks questions others dare not utter…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Feb 2010

The filmmaker gives roughly equal time to left, right, and moderate views, but his glib narration, accentuated by a jaunty score, undercuts…

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By Maha N (4) on 13 Jan 2010

A bit of a michael moore feel to the harsh editing leaves one not feeling as though this could back up any dinner table arguments on judaism…

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By Gerald Peary (163) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 03 Dec 2009

Shamir is smart enough to move his film beyond shrill polemics and into more observational territory: Israeli high-school kids visiting Poland…

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Nov 2009

Even though Defamation, which is sprinkled with unexpected moments of wry humor, will be inescapably controversial, Yoav Shamir strives admirably…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 20 Nov 2009

Presumably Mr. Shamir's film plays differently in Israel. In the United States, it feels like just another day on the Op-Ed page…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 20 Nov 2009

Like Diogenes with his lamp, director Yoav Shamir goes in search of anti-Semitism…

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By S. James Snyder (26) for Time Out (7,510) on 18 Nov 2009

Like Moore’s modus, Shamir’s stroll is sloppy, but his willingness to tip sacred cows is truly courageous…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2009

Like most good documentaries, Defamation poses more questions than it purports to answer, before arriving at the mildly reductive postulation…

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By Joseph Jon Lanthier (108) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Nov 2009

Shamir's propensity for scatterbrained journalism muddles the film's first half to the point of irritation…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 04 Nov 2009

Intelligent, muscular documentary filmmaking that asks all the right questions about anti-Semitism today…

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